In the latest incident in the waters disputed by China and the Philippines, two vessels collided.China and the Philippines have sought to blame one another as their boats collide in the South China Sea. The China Coast Guard (CCG) said in a statement on Monday that a Philippine supply ship was at fault for a slight collision with a Chinese vessel. The Philippines quickly rejected that account, as tension flared in the latest incident surrounding the disputed South China Sea. The Chinese statement claimed that a Philippine transport and replenishment ship ignored repeated “solemn warnings,” and instead proceeded to “dangerously…
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Danone, the French yogurt maker in the midst of a turnaround, is stepping up investment in nutritional drinks for cancer patients and the elderly, betting an aging population will boost long-term growth. The medical nutrition unit will be a big part of the next stage of Danone’s recovery effort, after Chief Executive Officer Antoine de Saint-Affrique began to revive growth in sales volumes of products like Volvic bottled water and Activia yogurt. The dairy and plant-based business, which produces Actimel yogurt drinks and Alpro soy milk, remains Danone’s biggest unit, notching some €14 billion ($15 billion) in annual sales. But its…
ReutersThe Reuters Institute’s report suggests some people avoid the news because of the war in GazaMore people are turning away from news, describing it as depressing, relentless and boring, a global study suggests.Almost four in 10 (39%) people worldwide said they sometimes or often actively avoid the news, compared with 29% in 2017, according to the report by Oxford University’s Reuters Institute.Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East may have contributed to people’s desire to switch off the news, the report’s authors said.It said that news avoidance is now at record high levels.A total of 94,943 adults across 47 countries…
It’s the demeanor, stupid.The public already overwhelmingly supports Donald Trump on the issues. But what many of them worry about is his demeanor. In other words, does he "act presidential"?So, on June 27, when Trump joins President Joe Biden on CNN for the earliest general election presidential debate in U.S. history, it’s not going to matter what the former president says so much as how he says it.Think of it as the equivalent of a medieval knight running the gauntlet. Every question from pro-Democrat moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash and every taunting response from President Biden…
While the world awaits Ferrari’s first all-electric car—due next year—archrival McLaren insists that the technology doesn’t yet exist to deliver an EV worthy of its name.Power clearly isn’t the problem, but weight is the enemy in Woking, McLaren’s UK headquarters, and batteries aren’t getting lighter fast enough. Going fully electric results in unacceptable compromises to a car’s dynamics, McLaren says.Light weight isn’t just a philosophy to these guys, it’s dogma, and, like all such things, that doesn’t suggest much in the way of progressive thinking. Until you arrive at a corner at, shall we say, a committed velocity in the…
“Inside Out 2” is now in theaters — and Airbnb is bringing the second installation of the hit Disney and Pixar film to life in the form of a once-in-a-lifetime stay in the “headquarters” of Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, plus some new teenage emotions like Anxiety, Ennui, Envy and Embarrassment.The host of this over-the-top Airbnb is Joy, the emotion in “Inside Out” played by Amy Poehler — and joy is definitely the emotion this incredible stay is sure to evoke for the people lucky enough to get the chance to check in there.Inside the Airbnb (or Team Riley…
Bill Gates said he’s prepared to plow billions of dollars into a next-generation nuclear power plant project in Wyoming to meet growing US electricity needs. TerraPower LLC, a startup founded by Gates, broke ground for construction of its first commercial reactor last week in Wyoming, where a coal plant is shutting down, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp. said on CBS’s Face the Nation. TerraPower has explored simpler, cheaper reactors since 2008 and expects to complete the new reactor in 2030. “I put in over a billion, and I’ll put in billions more,” said Gates, the world’s sixth-richest person according to…
As the war enters its 843rd day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Monday, June 17, 2024. Fighting Seven people, including two young boys, were injured in a Russian attack on the village of Nova Poltavka village in the eastern Donetsk region, according to the regional prosecutor’s office. Politics and diplomacy Dozens of countries backed Ukraine’s territorial integrity within its internationally-recognised borders, and urged dialogue for a lasting settlement after a two-day peace-building summit in Switzerland. Saudi Arabia, India, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates did not sign up to the statement. Switzerland…
At least 14 Jordanian citizens have died during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia due to intense heat, officials have said. Jordan’s foreign ministry said 14 of its nationals had died “after suffering sun stroke due to the extreme heat wave” and a further 17 had been reported missing.According to the AFP news agency, the Iranian Red Crescent confirmed that five Iranian pilgrims had also lost their lives, but did not specify how they died. Jordanian officials said searches were continuing for those missing. In a statement the Jordanian foreign ministry said it was coordinating with the Saudi authorities on…
At first, John Pasmore was excited about ChatGPT. The serial founder had been in the artificial intelligence space since at least 2008. He recalled the days when experts declared it would take decades before the world saw anything like a ChatGPT. Fast-forward — that day has now come. But there is a catch. ChatGPT, one of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence tools, struggles with cultural nuance. That’s quite annoying for a Black person like Pasmore. In fact, this oversight has evoked the ire of many Black people who already did not see themselves properly represented in the algorithms touted to…
There are unaffordable housing markets, and then there are “impossibly unaffordable” markets, four of which are in California, a recent study said. The housing crisis represents an obstacle to upward mobility, and the Golden State risks suffering from especially acute stratification, according to the annual Demographia International Housing Affordability report, which was produced by Chapman University in California and the Frontier Center for Public Policy in Canada. “High housing prices, relative to incomes, are having a distinctly feudalizing impact on our home state of California, where the primary victims are young people, minorities, and immigrants,” wrote Chapman’s Joel Kotkin. “Restrictive…
Euro 2020’s top goal scorers, Cristiano Ronaldo and Patrik Schick, will face off in their Euro 2024 group opener in Germany.The joint top scorers at the last European Championship will face each other as Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal play Patrik Schick’s Czech Republic in their Euro 2024 Group F opener at Leipzig’s Red Bull Arena. Ronaldo and Schick both scored five at the COVID-delayed Euro 2020 and are likely to shoulder the goal-scoring burden for their sides this time around. The tournament could be Ronaldo’s international swansong, although the 39-year-old appears as hungry for goals and adulation as ever as he…